West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-01-06


geSted TO YOU that the, mon m hi. day know
that the world was not HAT, bus glo6ular--
Isaiah know 70; a. though 10 Wcrs n tncdern dis
covery, or within few centuries that the
world n rOund. Isaiah kBcw a. lie Says OF
H0d; lie sittrth on tsc circle Of the earth
After the world has prugr,s cl tu study hun.
dtc,s ~ Years H. may get "a 10 the point
whore the ancient, began 60 for gct. hslieNe
That the lost arts may b' os great attho lN-
lng arts. How was 10 with "a 'so alrhcmistsi
y hy,they spoui tho,r lives iu tho study OF
metals ana gases and suli h aud ID .uils and
they filled whole llorarcs w4th thcir discoV-
c1cA Ihcy undo.rtOo a. uhal mmrut as no
mon IN cur time uudcr,tau omhuiunuent
And thoy were very wise men. 1hcy wcro
not only among wise mvn. hu they wtrc the
throc Wi-cst mon. taspur, Young mnn.
balthatar, man of middle aSv. and
Melchior, an octogonoriau. Tho three
the foot Il Christ 30 it Is now. The
broiniest men of this cen Jury are Christians
Who was tho greatest meta aphy~ician of
Anericat Jonathan Edwards, the Christian.
VINO was tn gr attest ns ronomer ot the
world HersChcl, tho Christian. Whl was
the create poet the worl has ever scent
John Milton, the Christian Who wrote the
mighjicst trcatjscs ON law that have over
been writtcni Blackstone, the ca istiau Why
~ it that in every college and university
they have chapcli II is the place
whore the wise mon bow at tho
mnuger Como, row, let us have ID
settlel in ounces aud in in hes Iolple say
that the men who believe In Christianity ar,
small brainol mon lot us find tho largest
brain ever known in America. Ry post NOR.
tenn examination distinguished mon have
been measured nnd their intellectual capacity
has boen calculated, and the size of the brain
has been found ont Let rs find the lnrge,t
brain ever known In Amcri a. aud
find out then what that brain
thought OF Christ We hnvo found
It, IL is tho brain weighing somo sixty
three ounces. What did thai man la his
lifetime think OF Christ In his dying mo-
mont he said Lord. believe; help Thou
mino uubelef. Almighty Gol, Whatever
do, accept mo nt the last for Christs sake
THIS night shall hc I'm joy unutt,rablcn SO
Daniel Webster bowed at tho mangor So
tho mighty men of the East are followed by
the mighty men Of tho West
My subject also imprcsse mo with the fact
that u was tho wintcr season that God as.
signed for the nativity Of Ills Son Had 10
been tho month of May, that is tho season OF
blossoms; had 1t been the month of June.
that IS the season Of 7, scs mad 10 been the
month of July, that is the season OF great
harVests had At been the month ot Sc tom
! bcr, that Is the seasoned OF ripcned orchards
had 10 bnen the month of October that Is
| the season OF upholstero forests: but II was
! De ombcr, when all the flowers outdoors arc
| dead and all the crops that have not been
| gathered are perishod, and there arc no
| ripening fruits on the hill, aud the leaves
! are driven over the bare earth. In the
! closing days of December, 10 show that this
! Christ is for people in sharp blasts, Tor peo-
| PIE OF frosted hopes, for popplc undor dark
| skics, for Teople with the thermometer be
! lew zero for oople showed under Christ
| heard In His memory the wind whisllng
around the Bethlehem cnrnvnfsary. aud Ho
| Is IN sympathy with those who in their pow
! crty hear the shutters cnttcr on "a cold n. .ght.
| That was the Christ Washington aud his
army worshipI sd when they lay down without
! blankets In the DE cmber snow That was tho
| Christ that tho Pilgrim Fathers appealed 20
| when the MuUdOircT wharicd at Plymouth
| Rock, nni for years after that Iocemler
! landing the graves diggcd were more in mum.
| Der thon the houses built. Not "A fair weather
! Christ, but n December Christ oh, tho
world wants TO 10 sOlnccd aud slothed md
! lullab.oi In the arms OF symla hetic omuip.
| offence and no mother over with more ton.
| dorness put her foot on the ro 'ker OF a cradle
70 hush sick child than tho tenderness Of
| this Christ ONES TO our invalid world and
He rocks IL into placidity and quiet with the
| words: MY peace ! give unto you; not ns
| the world giveth, give unto you' oh, ye
| burden bearers, Oh, ye prosecuted aud tired
ana heartbrokon, declare 10 you Docem-
| Der Christ
! But here is n fact which many seem to for
! get, perhaps all forget-my subject im-
/ presses me with the fact that Christ was
! born amid the sheep, and the cattle, AMI the
| horses aud th' cdnels that lie might bs the
/ alienation Of tho whole brute creation
] Mercy for Owe driven undcrfol poorly shell.
/ tered, outraged brute creation. DO YOU think
/ that the Christ who compared Himself to
/ a dove has no indignation at the Crueltia, Of
/ a pigeon shootinR' DO you think that the
! Christ who compared Himself 3, n lamb has
/ no indignation Ht The rough tyinz AMI the
| contortton Of tho sheep and tho hanging OF
thoir ne k over the sharp c1geof { u but her
| cart and he cattle trnin from Omnbn to
! Now York. with no water i'm summer time,
/ --l l,JOJ miles Of agonyf DO you think that
! tho Christ who said. 600 TO tho anti does
| not notice the trans6Xed nsect.1 DO you
/ think that the Christ whose tax WIS unid by
] tho fish does not notice tho tossing Of fin In
! tho fish market, Do You think that the
! Christ who said ''BehOld TIE fowls OF the
| air hath no sympathy with tho brute crea.
! ton That cannot artculatc 10 grief Christ
/ born ii n stable that IIe might b. ths Sn
/ viour, not only NJ tn human race but the
/ nile eviatiOn Of MI thc pangs and hnrdships
| Of th. brute creation.
In the millcninl time a child is 10 lead q
| lion and 10 play with a cocatrice only bo
! cause brute AMI reptile viii have no more
| ltrnge - avenyc. The Lamb Of God gave
/ its first beat amid the tired floclts ~ Both
| lch'm. The whito horse of eternal victory
ltabled iu barn Whom YOU trcad ON the
I brute Cr.ntlon YOU tread on God Chris
| born amid Tho beasts that fe might sympa
thizo with the beast and help the beasts. and
thunder His Indignation aud His wfatl
against men who abuse tho beasts
! mott ALSO in this wonder ul 20 ~ Of ths
/ text thr Christmas pres uts brought N
Christ Juet three Col 3, myrrh, franklin
csus' Gold brought ~ Christ What does
that mean 10 means the a1ucn.e OF the
world b, going h b. surrendered 10 Jesus
| For lack Ot money no more 'nsylums limping
on thor way Ike the inva'ids they support
or feeling their slow way like the blind whom
they shelter Mllio,s Of dollars for Chn 4
there ar now Tho is3ndt OF Il larA Rail-
rynd ,Ompnnic7 owned by Christian st0 .t
holders and control ed ~ Christian direc
tors and carrying freighta uul passengers al
Christian prices Bank of England B1urs,
Of r aucc mud o.. A. Treasury, all the wOrld1
mOneyed institution. for Christ The gold
for thrI-t 80 other meaning % it Th,
goll mo- more paid the way foi
Mary and Joseph and tho divine
refugee Boo fgyut thur ths gold shall ray ths
way for Christ all round Tho world The
gold Tor h.ist Che s.lvor Tor Christ the
lowel7 for Christ our great round, beau
tilul world lito solitaire SOFT Ou Tn. bosom
~ Christ hll bis and BIO g. worthy
But The second Christmas pro ont was
tho myrrh Why Che myrfhf The cnfUe
fnufoi it. bIt did not eat No. M
was too bittar Why TIE myrrh' Why thii
puugont gum resin of Abysnuin hrolgnt foi
Christi lt meant bitterness B ftoruo.s ol
betrayal. bitterness n persecution. bitterness
- dnfso suffering and ui hts of aug Ii-h
Myrrh That b. What they rut into nis clr
whom Hc was dying Myrrh That Is what
The women wrapped in tho shroud of the cru.
citod Christ. Myrrh Aye says the psaImist
call Thy garments smell Of myrrh = Oh thf
heiRhth, the depth the length the broadtf
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